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<p>HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not
record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living
in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>Published Child Benefit statistics provide
annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available
(August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million
children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.</p><p>The main purpose
of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally
do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p>
</p><p>Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004.
This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states
of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise
their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC holds information on
the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December
2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect
of 34.268 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>This is a fall of
3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December
2012.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by member state is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>*We
have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information
could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to
privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of residence of children</p></td><td><p>Number
of awards</p></td><td><p>Number of children</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech
Republic</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1215</p></td><td><p>1712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13174</p></td><td><p>22093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic
of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1231</p></td><td><p>2505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>20400</p></td><td><p>34268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent
EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase
compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions
to receive Child Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Under domestic law, in order to claim Child
Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right
to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent
changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong
message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those
who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.</p><p>Strengthening
compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to
claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims
and existing awards.</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received
sanctions in relation to their jobseeker's allowance for non-attendance in (a) the
London Borough of Havering and (b) England to date.

<p /> <p /> <p>Where a person is required to attend an interview as part of their
obligations as a benefit claimant, and subsequently fails to attend that interview,
a sanction will be applied to their benefit unless they can show good reason/cause
for their failure.</p>

<p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is not available in the form requested however
the department has published some statistics on working age benefit recipients. This
information is known as “Nationality at point of National Insurance number registration
of DWP benefit claimants” and is included in the Statistical Bulletin on National
Insurance Number Allocations to Adult Overseas Nationals Entering the UK – registrations
to March 2013, available at: </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nino-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-entering-the-uk-registrations-to-march-2013"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nino-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-entering-the-uk-registrations-to-march-2013</a></p>

<p>HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not
record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living
in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>Published Child Benefit statistics provide
annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available
(August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million
children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.</p><p>The main purpose
of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally
do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p>
</p><p>Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004.
This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states
of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise
their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC holds information on
the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December
2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect
of 34.268 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>This is a fall of
3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December
2012.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by member state is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>*We
have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information
could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to
privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of residence of children</p></td><td><p>Number
of awards</p></td><td><p>Number of children</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech
Republic</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1215</p></td><td><p>1712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13174</p></td><td><p>22093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic
of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1231</p></td><td><p>2505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>20400</p></td><td><p>34268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent
EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase
compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions
to receive Child Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Under domestic law, in order to claim Child
Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right
to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent
changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong
message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those
who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.</p><p>Strengthening
compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to
claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims
and existing awards.</p><p> </p>

<p>Each Jobcentre Plus District is resourced to have a <strong>Mental Health and Wellbeing
Partnership Manager,</strong> they identify the availability of local support that
advisers may refer to and provide a support role to advisers who work with customers
with mental health conditions. </p><p> </p><p>In January 2014 we launched the <strong><em>Employment
and Wellbeing</em> toolkit</strong> which offers practical support to Jobcentre advisers
to help them work with claimants affected by mental health problems. The toolkit enables
advisers to establish a clear employment focus and identify appropriate interventions
and actions which enable claimants with mental health issues to progress into employment
as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) and Work
Psychologists also offer specialist advice in Jobcentres. DEAs can act as an advocate
for the customer with prospective employers, aiming to identify work solutions that
will overcome or minimise any difficulties related to an individual's disability in
the work place and Work Psychologists, can provide advice and guidance on effective
provision and complete an Employment Assessment for claimants. </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Many
benefit claimants with mental health problems will be referred to, or may have access
to, a range of support including the Work Programme or specialist disability employment
programmes including Work Choice and Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p>Work Programme
advisors have access to the Working for Wellbeing toolkit which was developed by an
expert group of Work Programme and specialist providers to improve employment outcomes
for claimants who have mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>Work Choice is a programme
for disabled people with more intensive support and can provide specialist support
for people with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work includes a
specific Mental Health Support Service for people who require support while in work
to help them to stay in work. 90 per cent of the people who have been on the MHSS
programme for six months (though not always needing six months of support) are still
in work. Employer engagement is a key element of the service.</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is
taking to prevent married couples from fraudulently claiming council and housing tax-related
benefit available only for single people.

<p>There are no social security benefits relating to housing costs or council tax
that are available only to single people. There is a reduction of 25% in the council
tax payable available to those who live alone, but the administration of this is a
matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p><p>Generally, suspicions that claimants
may be living together as if they were married or in a civil partnership without informing
the relevant benefit payer come from various sources, including members of the public
and members of staff. The Department currently does not investigate cases that only
involve housing benefit as these are a matter for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Council
tax benefit ceased to exist on 1 April 2013 and has been replaced by the local council
tax reduction (LCTR) scheme, the administration of which is a matter for local authorities.
</p><p> </p>